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Checkmark
Pattern = if one connects the tops
of the bar graphs of the first four numbers, the pattern resembles a check
mark.This is associated with
mental problems, in many cases.This pattern is still being researched.

Cliff Pattern = Ca/Mg ratio between about 4 and 6, AND a Na/K ratio
greater than about 10, AND usually a three highs pattern with a low potassium
level.

Collapse
patterns = any time two, three or
four of the major macrominerals all decline by at least 100%.This is also sometimes called a super
settling down pattern.It is
usually very positive.

Combination Or Combo Readings = Some hair analysis readings are definitely due to
combinations of factors, some of which are elevating the mineral level, while
others are making it lower.

Compensated Hair Mineral
Tests = When the macromineral (calcium,
magnesium, sodium, and potassium) levels and ratios, and perhaps other
indicators, are fairly close to normal in a chronically ill person.This can be a confusing situation.

Conflict Patterns = patterns related to types of stress conflicts going
on inside a person or around a person.

Cult Diet Pattern = this often includes a nickel level above about 0.02
and/or a lead level greater than 0.1 mg% (due to drinking rooibos or red tea),
mercury above about 0.035 mg% (due to eating tunafish), and sometimes aluminum
above about 0.4 (due to using aluminum-containing antiperspirants).

Other possible indicators are an iron level greater
than 2 mg%, a chromium level greater than about 0.12 mg%, cadmium greater than
about 0.007 mg%, arsenic greater than 0.008 mg%, manganese greater than 0.04
mg%, and/or selenium greater than about 0.18 mg%.

When some women
or men are raped, they are told that to avoid another rape or death they must
drink rooibos tea daily, they must avoid all red meat, and they must eat
tunafish daily and fruit daily.They may also be told to use anti-perspirants that contain aluminum,
which raises the hair aluminum level.The demands can vary, but these are the most common features of this
dietary pattern.It is designed to
keep a person weak and ill.Please
read The Cult Or Rape Diet for a more
complete explanation of this important pattern.

Criminal Behavior Patterns. This is an interesting research area.The article describes about eight
patterns that seem to be associated with criminal behavior.

Death
Patterns (These are now called Serious Patterns.See Serious Patterns below).

Deep Anger = A four low pattern that often persists for more
than one test, and maybe much longer.Often, but not necessarily a low four lows, but often not with a low
Na/K ratio.The pattern is common,
especially in middle-aged women, and indicates anger and hatred for life, a
“life stinks” attitude.

Double
Hill Pattern = A hill pattern on the
first four minerals (calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium) along with a
hill pattern on the second four minerals (iron, copper, manganese and
zinc).This visual pattern is
uncommon, and is a very positive sign.It indicates “excited on the inside and outside”.

Double Patterns = This is
a general term meaning patterns that either require two or more levels or
ratios to create the pattern, or that are reinforced when a second or perhaps
third or fourth indicator is present.They may also include patterns that are present on the second four
numbers (iron, copper, manganese and zinc) when these mimic or have the same
pattern as the first four numbers.For example, one can have a double hill pattern, or a double bowl
pattern, or a double fast oxidizer pattern, etc. involving the first four and
the second four minerals on the ARL hair chart.

Double patterns
have to do with fractal theory.Fractals are simple numbers that repeat, forming much more complex
systems or patterns.The human
design is fractal, and double or doubling patterns on a hair mineral analysis
reflect that design.

Double
double patterns = These include any double
pattern that is repeated on the second four numbers (iron, copper, manganese
and zinc).For example, one can
have a double double high ratio pattern.This is a double high ratio pattern on the first four minerals, along
with a double high ratio pattern on the second four minerals.

One that we look
for a lot is a double double low ratio pattern.This is a double low ratio pattern on the first four
minerals, along with a double low ratio pattern on the second four
minerals.It is a double slow
death indicator, or double wanting to die pattern.For more, see the article entitled Second Four patterns.

Eight
bowl = This is an unusual
patterns in which the first eight minerals on a calibrated ARL hair mineral
chart form a bowl-shaped pattern.The meaning is similar to a bowl composed of the first four
macrominerals, except it is a deeper pattern.See the Bowl Pattern
for more details.

Other patterns composed of the first eight minerals on
the ARL chart are possible, such as a hill, step down or step up.However, they are very rarely seen.

Excitement
Fast Oxidizer.At times, a fast oxidation rate is due to temporary
upliftment or excitement for some reason.This is always a positive pattern.

Explosions = a steep rise in at least two of the macrominerals
on a retest.It can also involve
three or four of the major macrominerals, and any of them.This is usually an excellent or
positive pattern.

Fast Oxidation= a low
calcium/potassium ratio and a high sodium/magnesium ratio.

First-Second
Patterns.This is a term used to describe patterns that occur on the
first four minerals (calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium) and repeat on
the second four minerals (iron, copper, manganese and zinc).

Flattened
or
Shut Down Pattern = Potassium=1 mg% And Ca/K>130 And Normal or low Na/K
ratio. This pattern is a very slow oxidizer with sympathetic dominance, but not
a high Na/K.Usually, the person
also has at least some poor eliminators, and perhaps all (8 or 9) poor
eliminators.

The body is somewhat shut down, and the emotions are
usually suppressed or “flat”.That
is the meaning of the name of the pattern.It is seen more in women, and is associated with rape or
other trauma.However, it can
occur in men, as well.

The detoxification procedures are very important with
this pattern.

Flat
Line Pattern = This is a visual pattern,
within a four lows pattern.The
top of the bar graphs of the first four macrominerals form an exactly
horizontal line.

This pattern often indicates the presence of
trauma.We are still researching
it, as it is a newer pattern.

Hill pattern = a low Ca/Mg ratio and a high Na/K ratio, usually
seem more on retests, but not always.

Holding
On for Dear Life = a three lows pattern plus
low Na/K and low Ca/Mg plus an elevated magnesium level.This is a person who is very close to
going into a four lows pattern.The boat is almost sinking and needing to go
into dry dock soon if something is not changed.Medical drugs, nutritional depletion, toxic metal poisoning
or stress can cause this.

Immersed
In Stress = very slow oxidation, and
sodium<3, and Na/K<1.This
is uncommon, and found mainly in some vegetarians.

J-Bowl
or Ski Jump Bowl = a very high
calcium/magnesium ratio AND a mild low sodium/potassium ratio.Visually, this pattern can appear like
a ski jump or a backwards letter J.Hence the name.This
pattern usually indicates a person who is stuck, but very determined to become
well.It is an “attitude” pattern,
meaning the person has attitude, or great determination.

Joy Patterns
= these are a set of hair analysis patterns that indicate improved health and
well-being, often accompanied by a greater sense of joy and happiness.

Kidney
Stress = this can raise the sodium
and/or potassium levels.It may
even cause a fast oxidation rate.

1. Calcium/magnesium
ratio between 5 and 8.Also, the
levels of calcium and magnesium are usually near the ideal levels.

AND

2. A sodium/potassium
ratio greater than 10.

This is a newer pattern
that we are still researching.It
has to do with anger and inflammation (high sodium/potassium ratio) that is
directed inward toward oneself.The sodium/potassium ratio is more of an internal indicator.

It is not about
psychological withdrawal, however, which is associated with a calcium
shell.In this low self-esteem
pattern, the level of calcium and magnesium are much closer to the ideals.

There may be a hidden
boron toxicity with this pattern.

L Pattern = The first four macrominerals (calcium, magnesium,
sodium and potassium) appear in the shape of a capital L on the graph from
Analytical Research Laboratories.This is also a three lows pattern with a very elevated calcium/magnesium
ratio and a fairly normal sodium/potassium ratio with a fairly normal
sodium/magnesium ratio.The
pattern indicates a lifestyle problem, and may have other significance.It is a current subject of research.

Malnourished
Pattern = Phosphorus level less
than 10 along with a calcium level greater than about 400 mg% (or a petrified
pattern).This is newer and not
well-researched at this time.There may also be other malnourished patterns, yet to be discovered.

No
Power Pattern = a fast oxidizer with
several poor eliminators.Normally,
a fast oxidizer should be eliminating toxic metals due to the faster oxidation
rate.When this is not occurring,
it is a sign of poorer health.

There is also a very poor eliminator pattern that is just more extreme.

Other patterns
associated with impaired elimination include sympathetic dominance, very slow oxidation, a sodium/potassium ratio
less than about 1.5, three lows pattern, four lows pattern or phosphorus less than 13 mg%.

Posts
or Doorway Pattern = Potassium > 20 mg%,
copper > 7 mg%, and iron < 2 mg%.Visually, this looks like two tall goal posts separated by a lower graph
value of iron.The pattern means
“reaching for the goal”, or “the goal is in sight”.The person is throwing off toxic potassium, in most cases,
and throwing off toxic copper.Both are excellent.

One can also have a double post or doorway
pattern.This is the same as the
first post pattern, with the addition of a sodium level greater than about 60
mg% and a manganese level greater than about 0.1 mg%.Visually, this pattern looks like two double goal posts on
each side of a lower iron graph level.This pattern is rare, but is even better than the single post pattern.

Quantifying The Hair
Analysis Patterns.Many hair analysis patterns can be quantified, which is a
way to assess their severity in mathematical terms, such as single, double,
triple and so on.This article
explains what this means and gives the quantifying criteria for some of the
important patterns.

Reverse
L pattern = a good Ca/Mg ratio along
with a Na/K ratio less than about 1.This is a chronic stress pattern.

Rogue
Leader Pattern = 2x calcium shell or
higher AND a potassium level of 1 or 2 AND elevated manganese AND other
elevated readings – usually iron, aluminum, nickel, mercury, cobalt and
lead.

Second Four Patterns = patterns that appear in the second four mineral
graphs on an ARL calibrated hair mineral chart.This is a more advanced research topic, but a very interesting
one.Many are possible, and the
article lists a number of them.

Serious Patterns = These are more severe biochemical imbalances, as
the article explains.They are
similar to those in Tibetan medicine.Among these patterns are very slow oxidation, a very low Na/K ratio,
step up, double low ratio, double low ratio on the first and second four
minerals, and a low four lows patterns.Another is a combination of four lows and an Na/K ratio less than
1.This is called Very Ill.

These people may be the “walking dead”.For more on this, please read about the
Walking Dead on this site.

Severe
Lifestyle or Attitude Stress =
a calcium shell (calcium level greater than about 165 mg% in a woman or about
155 mg% in a man) along with a Ca/Mg ratio greater than about 9.5.

Slow On Crutches = a slow oxidizer whose oxidation rate is propped up
by the presence of toxic metals, so that on a retest the oxidation rate slows
even further.

Slow Oxidation = a high calcium/potassium ratio and a low
sodium/magnesium ratio.

Sodium
Crisis = A good calcium/magnesium
ratio and a sodium/potassium ratio greater than about 50-60 and perhaps
balanced mixed oxidation.This may
indicate many poor eliminators in the kidneys/adrenals and high stress on the
kidneys/adrenals.

Spillover
Patterns = can be any hair analysis
pattern that spills over to the second four minerals on an ARL chart (iron,
copper, manganese and zinc).It
can also be a pattern of the Na/K ratio that spills over to the Ca/Mg ratio.In
this sense, the term spillover patterns has the same meaning as double
patterns.Spillover may be a
more descriptive term for this phenomenon.

Spiritual Defensiveness or Lifestyle
Imbalance = a calcium/magnesium ratio greater than about 13.5.This indicates a lifestyle, habit or
attitude imbalance.Common causes
for the pattern are a problem with a job or a relationship, drug use (including
marijuana), alcoholism, or a school problem for a child.A bad attitude can also cause the
pattern if it is severe enough.

Step Down = slow oxidation, high Ca/Mg, high Na/K, and visually
it must look like steps going downward from left to right.This pattern may also be called
Stepping In To Life.It indicates
a karmic beginning or starting a new aspect of life, and is considered a very
positive pattern.

Step Up = fast oxidation, along with a low Ca/Mg and a low
Na/K.Also, visually it must look
like steps moving upward to the right.This may also be called Stepping Out Of Life.It is a quick death pattern.If not changed, it usually results in a fatal stroke or
heart attack, or some other health catastrophe.

Stuck
In A Pit or a Low Bowl = four lows
pattern along with a bowl
pattern.This pattern is not
healthful, and may be considered a slow death pattern.It is often mainly
nutritionally-related, however, and thus can be turned around with a
nutritional balancing program.

The pattern
consists of two “stuck” patterns.The deeper the bowl and the lower the four lows, the more extreme the
pattern.The words “low bowl” just
refers to the fact that it is a bowl pattern and a four lows pattern, and not
to how deep in four lows one is.This pattern is often associated with reduced awareness, as well as
fatigue and other symptoms.

Superimposition = a confusing and relatively uncommon situation in
which one pattern on a hair test is superimposed upon another pattern.The most confusing ones are when the
two patterns are opposite of each other.

For example,
occasionally one sees a hill superimposed on a bowl.This means that the person basically is in a bowl pattern.However, something has caused
excitement and joy, and this superimposes or is added to the bowl pattern.This occurs, at times, when a person
discovers nutritional balancing and becomes excited.When superimposition occurs, it can be difficult to assess
which patterns are present.

Surges =
A surge means a drastic increase in an important mineral level, ratio or
pattern.Examples include an Na/K surge, which is a steep rise in
the Na/K ratio on a retest.

Another example
is an oxidation rate surge.This is a steep increase in the
oxidation rate.

Another example
is a toxic potassium surge.This is a steep rise in the level of
potassium on a retest hair mineral test.

Sympathetic Dominance = potassium of 4 mg% or less OR three highs or four
highs with a sodium/potassium ratio greater than about 4.The pattern is reinforced if the Ca/Mg
is greater than about 9.5.Four
lows is also considered a sympathetic dominance pattern.

This is a very important autonomic nervous system
imbalances.Please read all about
it.It is very common today,
especially among urban dwellers.

This is a very important pattern.The amigos are always oxides that are
highly irritating and do oxidant damage.For this reason, I sometimes call them the irritants or oxidants.Rather than give anti-oxidants, which
are extremely yin, one can reduce oxidant damage by eliminating from the body
the amigos or oxidants.

Iron, manganese
and aluminum toxicity are extremely common medical problems that the medical
and holistic healing professions have great difficulty getting rid of.Nutritional balancing takes care of
them easily, in most cases.

Three Lows = three of the four macromineralsare below their ideal values.This is also called Almost Four Lows,One Foot In The Tunnel or Skidding
pattern.It means a person is
quite close to a four lows pattern.

There are four
possible ways this can occur: (with an elevated calcium, with an elevated
magnesium, with an elevated sodium, or with an elevated potassium).Each has a slightly different meaning,
but this is less critical than the overall pattern of three low
macrominerals.Read the article Three Lows for much more on this common
pattern.

Triangle
Patterns = if one connects the tops
of the bar graphs of the first four macrominerals, rarely the lines form a
triangle.For this to occur, two
of the lines must form a continuous straight line.This is a research area, but I believe such patterns are
happier or more positive.

For example, a
hill or bowl pattern can be a triangle, a fast or slow oxidizer can be a
triangle, and others.These can
occur on initial tests or on retests.

Toxic potassium pattern = a sodium/potassium ratio less than about 0.4.Human life is not possible with a
sodium/potassium ratio less than about 0.3 to 0.4.When one sees a Na/K ratio lower than this, it indicates
that some of the potassium reading is caused by the elimination of toxic
potassium.It is a type of
artifact, in other words, and the real Na/K is higher.

Trauma Patterns = a calcium shell, particularly if it is a double or
greater shell, OR a double low ratio pattern on the second four minerals, OR a
potassium level less than 1 mg% (cannot be read on an ARL test at this time),
OR a sodium/potassium ratio less than 1, OR a double low ratio pattern on the
first four minerals, OR a Ca/Mg ratio greater than about 13.5.

Other possible indicators are a vampire victim pattern
(see below), a vampire pattern (see below), or any extreme pattern such as very
slow oxidation or very fast oxidation.Another is a cult diet pattern (see above).

Triple
Death = A four lows pattern on
the first, second and third tetra of minerals.This is a more severe death pattern.The section above entitled Death Patterns explains this pattern in
more detail.

Vampire Patterns = a person is in fast oxidation by stealing energy
from others.Usually a fast
oxidizer with good Na/K ratio in an adult.The pattern is worse if the Na/K is elevated, and even worse
if it is a double high ratio pattern with fast oxidation.An energy vampire may have a low Na/K,
at times.

Vampire
Victim Patterns = When the sodium is 1 mg%
and the potassium is 1 mg%.It is
also present, though to a lesser degree, in a slow oxidizer with a sodium of 2
mg% and a potassium level of 1 mg%.

This indicates a
psychological, more than a physical victimhood pattern, although physical
depletion occurs, as well.(See
above under Depletion Pattern).It can be quite yin and
destructive.Fortunately, it
usually changes with a nutritional balancing program.

Other names for this pattern are the poor me pattern, feeling sorry for oneself pattern, or playing the victim pattern.This is still being researched.

Very
Ill = four lows AND Na/K ratio
less than 1.

Walking Dead Patterns. These
include several important and common patterns.Please read the article for more details.

Wasting
One’s Time = a calcium shell, a high
Ca/Mg ratio and a potassium of 4 mg% or less.Pattern may be more correctly called biding one’s time. in some cases.

Workaholic = three or four highs, along with a high
sodium/potassium ratio.This
pattern may also be called the intense pattern because the person
is often very intense.

The
Worker = A fast oxidation rate, with
an Na/K ratio between 2.5 and 5, and a copper level above 2.5 mg%.Dr. Eck identified this pattern.It indicates a person who is somewhat
compulsive, but very aware and an excellent office worker.

Amigo
doubling = when at least two of the
amigos double on a retest.This is
generally very good, indicating a strong amigo dump is in progress (see amigo dump below).

It is possible to even have an amigo tripling or amigo
quadrupling, which are even better with a similar meaning.

Amigo
Dump = a rise or a fall of at
least 30-40% in the levels of iron, manganese and aluminum on a retest.

Armoring Up = more poor eliminator patterns on a retest or more
extreme poor eliminator patterns on a retest, provided that the person follows
a nutritional balancing program.Other tentative names for this pattern are preparing for battle or holding
on to your poors.

Backing
Out Of Four Lows. (see below under Out Of
The Tunnel Backwards).

Back
To Life = Moving into a step down
pattern on a retest that was not present on the previous test.

Bowling = Moving into a bowl pattern on a retest hair
analysis.This usually indicates
moving into a retracing of a trauma or some other difficult situation.The criteria are that the
calcium/magnesium ratio increases AND the sodium/potassium ratio decreases.

Extreme bowling on a retest hair analysis is called “Diving Head
First”.It require that the
calcium/magnesium ratio at least doubles, AND the sodium/potassium ratio at
least halves, or decreases by 50% or more.

Collapses (also called crashes) = These are at least a three or
four-fold decrease in a level, ratio or pattern on a retest.There are many possibilities for these,
since a collapse could involve a level, a ratio or a pattern such as the
oxidation rate.Collapses are
generally considered excellent patterns if one is following a nutritional
balancing program.They often
indicate fast progress.

Coming Alive = On a retest, all four of the macromineral levels
(Ca, Mg, Na, K) increase.The
pattern is present when 1, 2 or 3 of the first four minerals increases, while
the others remain the same.The
pattern is strongest when all four of the macrominerals increase, and weakest
when only 1 of the macrominerals increases.

This is a very
positive pattern, with increased brightness of the energy field in all
cases.A special case of this
pattern is the exploding pattern (see
below).

Almost coming alive is another variant.It occurs when calcium, magnesium and sodium increase, and
potassium decreases slightly.It
is another positive pattern.

Coming
Back = a calcium shell decreases
by 50% or more on a retest AND the Na/K ratio remains at 2.5 or above.This can be a situation in which
something old was retraced or cleared, and the person is now back in the
present.This is a newer pattern
and still being researched.

Coming
Back To Life or Making Progress In Four Lows= A retest pattern in which a person
who was in four lows pattern remains in four lows, but the ratios improve, the
levels of the macrominerals improve, and/or the phosphorus level improves.

Coming
Out Pattern = A 2x shell changes to no
shell, AND a 50% reduction or more in the Ca/Mg ratio, though it may still be
high, AND phosphorus increases by 3 mg% or more, AND sodium/potassium ratio
improves and flips AND a deep bowl changes to a step down pattern.This is still being researched.

Crash
Landing or just a Crash = At least two
of the macromineral levels (calcium, magnesium, sodium and/or potassium) must
decrease 50% or more on a retest, and none of the macrominerals rises
higher.This is a special case of settling down pattern.Possible cases are:

1. The sodium and
potassium levels may decrease a lot, moving a person from a faster to a slower
oxidation rate.This is the most
common case of crashing or crash landing.

2. A mild slow
oxidation rate changes to a very slow oxidation rate on a retest.

3. A four highs
pattern disappears, changing to a slow oxidation pattern with low sodium and
potassium levels.

4. A four highs
pattern could change to a four lows pattern.

5. Any oxidation
pattern could change to a low four lows pattern.

For more, see Collapses above.

This is usually
good, and usually involves the elimination of “crutches” that were keeping a
person in fast or faster oxidation.Occasionally, symptoms can be annoying such as fatigue, depression and,
in some cases constipation, joint pain or other symptoms.

Death
To Life = A double low ratio
pattern changes to a hill pattern on a retest.This is one of the best retest patterns.The person may feel “like I’m a new
person”.Another name for this
pattern is starting over.

Diving
Deep = A low sodium/potassium
ratio becomes even lower on a retest by at least 10%.This is associated with deep retracing, usually of a
trauma.Diving Deep can also show
up as a lower four lows on a retest, although the meaning is not as clear in
this case.

Double
Forward Flip = this is a retest pattern
in which the oxidation rate changes from fast to slow.Also, the sodium/potassium ratio
increases from less than 2.5 up to 2.5 or higher.

This is a very positive pattern, and usually the
person describes it as great or wonderful.There may be some drama in one’s life, and some people
describe themselves as “a new person”.

Double
Joy = Two joy patterns
together.The most common
combination is a hill pattern plus a coming alive pattern.However, it could involve an improved
sodium/potassium ratio, an improved calcium/magnesium ratio or a much higher
phosphorus level.

It could also be a hill or coming alive pattern on the
first four numbers AND a hill or coming alive pattern on the second four
numbers.

Down Elevator = the levels of all four macrominerals decrease by at
least 40% and they decrease the same amount.

Eliminating toxic potassium = the Na/K ratio dips down to less than about 0.4 on
a retest.Human life requires a
Na/K ratio greater than about 0.4.If the ratio is lower, in almost all cases it is due to the elimination
of some toxic potassium, which elevates the potassium level and reduces the
Na/K a lot.

The sources of toxic potassium include human male
sexual fluid, eating fruit, and babies are usually born with some toxic
potassium from their mothers.

Emerging
From The Bomb Shelter = A decrease in
a calcium shell of at least 50%.The shell may still be present, or it may be gone altogether.This indicates a person no longer needs
a shell, or not much of one compared to the previous test.It is a good sign of a stronger body
and/or mind.

Everything
Coming Out = A rise in most or all of
the toxic metal levels and the amigos (iron, manganese, and possibly chromium
or selenium) on a retest.This is
very good and usually reflects a much better energy level and often much better
elimination or less sympathetic dominance present.

Excitement
Fast Oxidizer = At times, a person goes
into fast oxidation on a retest simply due to excitement.The meaning is something like a hill,
although it is perhaps more superficial.

Exiting
The Cult = A rise in nickel from a
low level to a toxic level on a retest.This is an important pattern because many people in cults or groups are
forced to drink rooibos or red tea spiked with nickel.This is a potent toxin that needs to be
eliminated from the body during healing.

Exploding or explosions= a tripling or a greater rise in two,
three or all four major macrominerals on a retest.None of the macrominerals can decline.This is a special case of coming alive pattern (see above).

Possible variants
are:

1. A person could
“explode” within a four lows pattern

2. One could move
from a four lows out of four lows.

3. One could
begin not in four lows and the levels could increase further.

4. A shift from
four lows to four highs.

Exploding is a
very positive pattern.It can,
however, be disruptive temporarily as the body chemistry shifts drastically.

Flip Over Pattern = On a retest, a drastic change occurs in a mineral
level, ratio or pattern.For
example, a level or ratio may go from very high to very low, or vice
versa.Or the oxidation rate may
flip from fast to slow or vice versa.

When the flip is in the direction of healing, it is
called a forward flip.When the flip is away from a healing
direction, such as a low Na/K or fast oxidation, it is called a back flip.

Four
highs to fast = a four highs pattern that
changes on a retest so that the calcium and magnesium levels drop down, but the
sodium and potassium levels remain about the same.This is the opposite of the usual retest progression in
which a four highs pattern changes to a slow
oxidizer on a retest.

This appears to be a type of coming alive pattern.It is due to a combination of changes, both of which occurred since the
last retest.The first change is a
settling down pattern (where all four
numbers go down) followed by an increase
in the oxidation rate (the sodium and potassium levels rise).

Patterns that may
occur with the four highs to fast
pattern are 1) zinc settling (a
reduction in the zinc level) and 2) everything
coming out pattern.

Four lows on a retest only = Life
Planning, Dog In The Doghouse, Boat In Dry Dock, or Back In The Tunnel Of Death
For Healing Purposes = a four lows pattern on a retest when the first test
did not show a four lows pattern.

This is an
important retest pattern.It is
benign and positive, in fact, unlike four lows on an initial hair mineral
analysis.It indicates a type of
resting state and that is all.It
is called ‘dog in the corner’ because it is like an animal that perhaps was injured
or ill, and just wants to lay down in the corner and rest for a while.It is called the dry dock pattern because it is like sending your boat to the
shipyard to be refurbished.

Gathering
Firewood = A decrease in the hair
phosphorus level on a retest when a person is following a nutritional balancing
program.

Getting
Help = magnesium increases on a
retest by at least 30-40%.This is
an important pattern.Poorer
quality magnesium is actually eliminated, causing the pattern, and is replaced
by a higher quality magnesium.Health usually improves with it.

Getting
Lots Of Help = magnesium increases on a
retest by at least 4 or 5 times, or more.Often, calcium also increases by 4 or 5 times, or more.Often, other positive patterns are present
such as coming alive pattern.

Getting
Into Gear = All or most toxic metal
levels rise at least 10%.This
signifies more vitality and better elimination.

Going
deep = The sodium/potassium
ratio decreases sharply on a retest, usually from a normal or high ratio to 0.2
to 0.4.This is usually an
intervention, and occurs quickly.It is often a trauma release.Lots of toxins are released.

It is not common
to see this pattern on a hair test because it does not last long.One needs to do the test at just the right
interval to see it.To read more
about interventions, please read Assisted
Healing on this site.

Hilling = moving into a hill pattern on a retest.This indicates some type of overcoming,
celebration or joyous feeling.The
criteria are that the calcium/magnesium ratio becomes lower AND the
sodium/potassium ratio increase on a retest.

Intense hilling on a retest is called “shooting to the top”.Often, the person received an
intervention when this occurs (see “Getting Help” above).It is an intense joy, freedom or
release, or ending of a difficult situation.

Holding
On To Your Poors = when poor eliminator
patterns become worse on a retest.This occurs, at times, when a person is retracing certain traumas.It is usually temporary.This pattern is also called armoring up.

Kidney
stress = a rise of 20% or more in
the sodium and potassium levels, associated with a toxic metal
elimination.The rise is usually
temporary.This is generally a
good sign.

Leaving The Cult = a rise in the level of 3 or more of the major
cult-related minerals.These are mercury, aluminum, manganese, nickel, lead and cadmium.Less common cult-related minerals are iron, chromium and selenium.

Another indicator
is a sharp rise in the potassium level.This often indicates an elimination of toxic potassium.The more minerals affected, and the
greater the rise on the retest, the more significant the pattern.

Little
Change = This occurs when there is
less than about 5% change in all of the mineral levels on the test.The meaning, in many cases, is that the
person is not following their development program closely enough.The problem could be in the diet, the
supplements, the lifestyle or not doing enough procedures.

Another possibility is that the person has so much
stress that there is little progress, even though the person followed the
program well.It is possible that
there is change, but the minerals that would reflect the changes are not read
by the laboratory.

Moving
Fast = this is defined as an
amigo dump (see above), plus a phosphorus above 20, two or three forward flips,
and many fewer poor eliminator patterns.It is not common, but it indicates accelerated progress for some reason.

Moving
Into The Mud = this common retest
pattern is present when the oxidation rate slows greatly or perhaps the
sodium/potassium ratio declines drastically, indicating that a person is
dealing with an old infection, toxic metal or emotional trauma.

Much
calmer = this pattern involves 1)
a fast oxidation, 2) the oxidation rate slows down on a retest, but is still in
fast oxidation, and 3) a settling down pattern.

New
person patterns = These are several
patterns that are very good.One
is Death To Life pattern (see
description above).Another is New Start In Life (see description
below).Another is the Double Forward Flip.Triangle
patterns may also very positive.These occur when connecting the top of the bar graphs on an ARL
calibrated chart forms a triangle.

New
Start In Life = A double low ratio
pattern on the previous test changes to a step down pattern, or close to it, on
a retest.This is a change from a slow death / double give-up pattern to a stepping
into life pattern.It is a
double flip pattern (both the sodium/potassium ratio and the calcium/magnesium
ratio flip).

This pattern
indicates a new underlying strength, like a new strong floor under your feet.It may involve elimination of a lead
compound.There can be other
positive changes on the retest, such as elimination of the amigos and/or a
higher phosphorus level.

Not
facing a lifestyle or attitude issue =
A calcium/magnesium ratio above 13.5 becomes even higher on a retest.

On
fire = A rise in the phosphorus
level of at least 2 mg% on a retest when a person is following a nutritional
balancing pattern.

Out
of the tunnel = When a four lows pattern
on a previous test resolves to slow oxidation.This usually indicates improved overall health and vitality.

Out
of the tunnel backwards or Out Of Four Lows Backwards, or Backing Out Of Four Lows = When a four
lows pattern on the first test changes to a fast oxidation pattern (and no four
lows) on a retest.This is not the
usual way to exit four lows.It
usually indicates a temporary exiting of four lows, in which the person will go
back into four lows again soon.

Overjoyed = a bowl pattern changes to a hill pattern on a
retest, and the phosphorus level rises 2 or more mg%.This is an excellent pattern.It is not seen commonly.

Persistent
Four Lows = four lows continues on a
retest.This usually indicates
that the person is still either in an initial “tunnel” pattern, which indicates
poor health.However, if it occurs
on a retest only, then it usually indicates the person is still receiving new
life planning.

Preparing
for battle = see armoring up pattern.

Putting
up a wall of protection = a rise of at
least 50% in the level of calcium on a retest, causing a shell pattern.

Renewal
= All of the toxic metal levels decrease
significantly on a retest.Also,
the potassium level may increase.This is an elimination of toxic potassium, when seen with this pattern.

Revelation,
or On The Move, or Greater Self-Awareness = a change on a retest from a hill pattern to a
double high fast oxidizer pattern.This is newer and still being researched.

Rocking Pattern.A retest
pattern in which the mineral balance shifts back and forth between fast and
slow oxidation.Often a three lows
pattern and a low sodium/potassium ratio are present, but not always.

Settling Down = A retest pattern in which the levels of one or more
of the macrominerals (Ca, Mg, Na, K) decrease.None of the macromineral levels may increase for this
pattern to be present.

The most significant
settling down occurs when all four macrominerals decrease on a retest.The settling down pattern is milder if
only 1, 2 or 3 of the macrominerals decrease while the others stay the same.It is an excellent pattern.

It is possible to have a double settling down –
on the first four minerals and on the second four minerals.This is an even more positive retest
pattern.

A more extreme variant of this pattern is a crash or a crash landing (see above).

Settling
Into Four Lows = A settling down pattern
plus a transition from slow or fast oxidation into a low four lows pattern.

This pattern is an excellent sign when it occurs
during a nutritional balancing program.It consists of two excellent patterns combined, and indicates usually a
fast process of healing.

Shelling
or A More Severe Shell On A Retest, or just developing a shell on a retest = This occurs frequently.While some of the cause can be an elimination of metastatic
or biounavailable calcium, another cause that is important is that the person
is waking up mentally, emotionally or spiritually, and needs some protection
that a shell affords.

Super
Settling – All four
macrominerals decrease by 50% or more.This is a very good pattern.It is similar to settling down, but more intense.One feels much more relaxed, steady,
and often more grounded, centered, with “feet on the ground”.

Surge
– These are steep increases – at least three or four-fold - in a
level, a ratio or a pattern.Most
surges are positive patterns.Here
are two types:

Na/K surges.The most common type of surge occurs
when the Na/K ratio increases by at least a factor of 5.This can be an extreme flip from a
ratio of less than 1:1, to a ratio greater than 5:1.Rarely, the Na/K ratio goes from about 3 to about 15 or
higher.This is also a surge, but
may not be as positive.

Oxidation surges.Another
type of surge occurs when the oxidation rate increases dramatically.I have not quantified this pattern.

The oxidation
rate could go from very slow to very fast.It might also go from very slow to only mildly slow or from
mildly fast to very fast.

Most surges are positive.However, a person’s energy shifts dramatically, and it can
be a destabilizing pattern for this reason.Behavior can change, for example, and a person could explode
or “blow up”, as a result.

Three
Up = This is a newer
pattern.The calcium, magnesium
and sodium levels rise on a retest.The potassium level either remains the same or decreases.There is usually a great improvement in
the sodium/potassium ratio.This
is a positive pattern, somewhat like a mild coming alive pattern.

Up Elevator = A retest pattern in which the levels of all four of
the macrominerals (Ca, Mg, Na, K) increase at least 30%, and they all increase
by the same proportion so that the major ratios (Ca/Mg, Ca/K, Na/K and Na/Mg)
remain about the same.

Zinc
settling – When zinc decreases
on a retest, even if it becomes too low.Often phosphorus also declines, but not always.This is a very good prognostic
pattern.Reasons for this pattern
may include:

1. Zinc decreases
because it is being retained in place of a toxic metal.

2. Zinc “kicks into gear”.This means that zinc may begin to respond properly to the
sodium/potassium ratio.For
example, when the Na/K ratio is low, the zinc level should be low to help
balance the Na/K ratio.

3. There is less need for an elevated zinc, which can
act as a protector against another toxic metal such as copper toxicity.

c) PROGRESSIONS (patterns seen only on three or more successive hair analyses)

Bouncers
– Some people’s hair mineral
retests change a lot from test to test.I am not sure why this occurs in some people.The oxidation rate can vary, as can the major ratios.A lot of stress can contribute to this
progression.

Ca/Mg
Worsening Or Improving On Three Successive.A progressive
worsening of the Ca/Mg ratio usually indicates that a lifestyle issue has not
been dealt with, and is now even more important to end or change.If the Ca/Mg ratio slowly improves on
three or more successive tests, it generally indicates that a person is slowly
handling a lifestyle imbalance such as the use of drugs, or correcting a bad
attitude, for example.

Locked
down = Two or more retests on
which the level of calcium, magnesium, sodium or potassium remains very low, in
spite of following the nutritional balancing program.Another possibility is that one remains with a very slow
oxidation rate on two or more retests.

These patterns
can be due to hidden health problems, trauma, hidden toxic metals, or other
causes.

Locked
up = Two or more retests on
which the level of calcium, magnesium, sodium or potassium remains very high,
in spite of following the nutritional balancing program.Another possibility is that a fast
oxidation pattern may persist for two or more retests.

These patterns
might be due to toxins in the kidneys, trauma, or some other toxic
condition.Boron, nickel or
cadmium toxicity may play a role.

In some of these
cases, several years on the program may be required to “unlock the body
chemistry”.Until this occurs, one
may not experience significant change in the hair macromineral pattern.

Persistent
Four Lows – Some people remain
in a four lows pattern for a year or more.This can occur because the person is not following the
program well enough.Stress can
definitely slow down the time needed to complete a four lows session.

However, at times
four lows persists occurs because the person has a lot of life planning to
complete, and simply needs more time in a four lows pattern.

Rocking – A back and forth movement from test to test,
from fast to slow oxidation and back again.This is an excellent indicator of deep healing.For details, please read the Rocking Progression article.

Steadies – Some people’s hair mineral charts remain
quite similar from test to test.This can occur if a person does not follow their nutritional balancing
program very well.However, it can
also occur even if one does follow their program.